Olympics Soling sailor Barry Parkin will oversee Britain's Olympic campaign for the next four years. The Royal Yachting Association announced management plans for Athens 2004 with Parkin taking over as chairman of the Olympic Steering Group. This is the
DAN PETRESCU'S Italian agent got a rocket from the Romanian international today after stirring up speculation linking Glenn Hoddle with Spurs. Petrescu's agent Giovanni Becali was reported to have told Romanian TV that a deal had been done to take Hoddle
CERI Hughes will once again have to play through the pain as Portsmouth head for the bleak surroundings of Blundell Park tomorrow to take on Grimsby. The Welsh midfielder was due to have an operation in London on Tuesday for a condition known as Gilmore's
JAMES Taylor's omission from Havant & Waterlooville's side has alerted the attentions of his old club Bashley. The Foresters have enquired after the prolific hitman who controversially slipped through their fingers for nothing 18 months ago after
DUE to Barton Stacey's pitch still being waterlogged, their ADSL North Hants C J Price Cup tie against Southampton Arms was played at the Walworth Sports ground. The weather spoilt what could have been a lively tie and the Arms were 2-0 up at half time
MOST of the games in the Peter Houseman Youth League fell victim to the weather, with all fixtures at Under 17 and Under 16 called off. At Under 13, RPM finished 5-0 winners in their local derby against Andover United. United's close passing and control
Fawley are to be docked ten points for flouting player registration regulations during last Saturday's ill-tempered London League Four South West local derby with Southampton. Club secretary Gordon Powell has admitted that the ineligible replacement was
MOBILE phone company Nokia has increased its stake in Hampshire with the opening of two new buildings for its global product creation centre at Farnborough. It represents an investment in excess of £70 million on the town's Southwood business park, and
THE Mayor of Fareham, Captain Keith Estlin has formally opened a new head office for Daniells Harrison chartered surveyors in Wickham Road. The firm has moved from Park Gate, to the Old Manor House, and following substantial refurbishment, opened its
STUNNED passengers held their breath after a plane from Southampton was struck by lightning during a ferocious thunderstorm shortly after take off. The British Regional Airlines Embraer 145 jet, with 23 people on board, en-route for Dublin in Ireland,
DETECTIVES hunting a street robber who pounced on a middle-aged woman as she walked to a Hampshire social club have released CCTV footage. Police believe the man caught on camera outside a Southampton convenience store could have vital information about
AN INQUEST verdict of accidental death was yesterday recorded on a 37-year-old Southampton man who suffered a fractured skull in a fall after Cowes Week fireworks last year. The resumed inquest at Newport heard that no one had witnessed the fall which
Southampton's men have made it through to the last 16 of the National Vase after winning their third round tie at Northampton 3-2. Southampton's scorers were Gary Watts (short corner rebound), skipper Ben Fitch and Steve Perkins. In the league, Southampton
David Hirst has an ulterior motive for hoping that Sheffield Wednesday can beat Saints in tomorrow's AXA sponsored FA Cup fourth round tie at The Dell. The former England striker, who quit the game through injury a year ago yesterday, still has great
FOUR sacked Basingstoke firefighters have vowed to take Hampshire fire brigade to an employment tribunal on the grounds of unfair dismissal. Barry Kearley, Richard Thoroughgood, Bernie Ross and Steve Dunbar have been discussing the matter with their barrister
SOUTHAMPTON Football Club has made one of their most important signings of the season by adopting Premier Soccer School's Academy courses as their official Development Centres. The announcement means that youngsters on the Premier Soccer Development Centre
Whitchurch United 0 Cowes Sports 1 ANDY Shores Garage sponsored United, not the first time this season, finished with nothing from a game they had the better of when entertaining fourth placed Cowes. As with the match a fortnight ago, United had more
Today's Principal Arrivings: Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Burdur, bulk, 0330, 107; MOL Tyne, container, 0700, 205; Sir Geraint, military, 1015, Marchwood; Nordsee, container, 2330, 207E. Today's Principal Sailings: Today's principal Southampton
A current upward trend in insurance premiums is just the beginning of the spiral, warns Michael Wright, managing director of the AE Insurance Group, which has just relocated to Southampton from Basingstoke. AE Insurance Brokers and AE Financial Services
METROPOLITAN police are trying to lure Hampshire bobbies away from the county beat - by offering them free rail tickets. Now fears are growing that the dangling carrot could make Hampshire's thin blue line even thinner. The major blow to Hampshire's police
AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl kept home from school with a throat infection left her sick bed to help rescue a neighbour from a bedroom blaze. Jessica Foskett was enlisted to help a shocked resident out of a first floor window by her dad - himself an off-duty
Peter Moore has proved that after 40 years in the profession, he's made of the White Stuff. The popular 63-year-old has risen to the top after loyal customers nominated him for the prestigious title of Milkman of the Year 2001. Peter, from Weston in South-ampton
A MAJOR review of parking policies is to be carried out as traffic levels in Hampshire continue to rise. Car ownership in the county is growing faster than anywhere else in the country and it is estimated that there will be at least one car for every
HAMPSHIRE communities are set to benefit from two new schemes to help drug users quit and cut down on crimes. Southampton police say about 60 per cent of people arrested for crimes have been using drugs, and have hailed the Arrest Referral scheme and
A HEAVILY-pregnant teenager has hit out at a Hampshire bus company for failing to provide a good service to expectant mums. Jayne-Ann Baker, 17, who is eight-and-a-half months pregnant, claims she boarded a bus to travel to an ante-natal appointment but
A COURTING couple could help detectives catch a rapist who attacked a Southampton teenager after befriending her at a bus stop. Police were today trying to trace the pair, who were seen by the 16-year-old victim immediately after the horrendous attack
THE FORMER owner of a Southampton printing firm has been ordered to pay £1,000 after a teenage girl's fingers were crushed in a binding machine. Peter Leatherdale, who ran Offset Colour Printers in Empress Road until last year, admitted breaching health
UNLUCKY Harry Hayler should really have known that he was heading for a fall while out skiing. Even though he is not superstitious, he was fully aware he was tempting fate by going skiing on January 13. And if the number 13 is really unlucky, Mr Hayler
Southampton ladies' second team were beaten by a late Trojans goal in their local derby. Trojans started with some neat passing hockey but failed to penetrate consistently enough to produce a good scoring chance. Southampton worked themselves back into
